Wool Dryer Balls

Put all three balls in your dryer along with your washed clothes and turn on the machine. Balls will pill, which is an indication they’re working well. Feel free to remove the pills and continue to use.

Absolutely, to naturally scent your clothes, simply add your choice of pure essential oils to each dryer ball. The heat in the dryer will magnify the aroma of the scent and so please don’t over saturate each ball.

Each Wool Dryer Ball is handmade with 100% Canadian, premium wool. Canadian sheep deal with extreme temperatures and produce an abundance of buoyant, soft wool, making them ideal for our unique Wool Dryer Balls.

Dryer balls will last a minimum of 100 loads; for most this allows for years of use. Once the balls become dense or firm, it’s time for a new set. Don’t dispose, reincarnate. These make great dog toys, make a craft from them or cut them up for birds to use the inners to make nests. When your balls are not in use, keep them in a well-ventilated dry location and avoid storing them in plastic.

Wool Dryer Balls can be used with new and older models, including gas and electric. Please note the size of the load as well as the make, model and year of machine will vary the performance of your Wool Dryer Balls. Wool dryer balls can’t support condensation machines.

Wool dryer balls work best on natural fibres, such as linen, cotton, hemp and bamboo. This is because synthetics cling and pull the wool fibres from the dryer balls, causing lint and in some cases static. This isn’t harmful, but can reduce the lifespan of your Wool Dryer Balls and their effectiveness.

In general, manufacturers recommend that synthetic products be hung to dry, as the heat from the dryer can break down the non-natural fibres, decreasing their longevity. Fibre-breakage that occurs during the drying cycle will also result in the release of microplastics into our water ways during subsequent washes.

We recommend you read each label as a surprising number of clothes contain non-natural or synthetic materials.

If you have blended fibre fabrics that are more of a natural fibre than not, you should not have a lint issue. But, if the fibre content is close to a 50/50 ratio, we recommend you hang dry your synthetics.